The Physics of Music: Integrating the Technical and Artistic Aspects of Creating Music
- Author: Ramsey, Gordon
Book
$75.25Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Overview of book
- 1.2 Motivation for the text
- 1.3 Role of Music in Society
- 1.4 Role of Physics in Society
- 1.5 Role of Physics in Acoustics
- 2 Structure of Music
- 2.1 Basic Language
- 2.2 Mathematics of Music
- 2.3 Sound and Feeling
- 2.4 Basic Elements of Music
- 2.5 Brief History of Musical Styles
- 2.6 Summary/Discussion/Problems
- 3 Physics Concepts
- 3.1 Physical Variables in Musical Acoustics
- 3.2 Wave Properties
- 3.3 Advanced Concepts
- 3.4 Summary/Discussion/Problems
- 4 Instrument Groups
- 4.1 Common Features of All Instruments
- 4.2 Overview of Brass, Strings, Woodwinds, Percussion, Voice and Elec-
- tronic instruments
- 4.3 Discussion topics and Problems
- 5 Brass Instruments
- 5.1 History of brass instruments
- 5.2 Summary of key properties
- 5.3 Description of operation-Source, Medium and Interface
- 5.4 Unique characteristics of brass instruments
- 5.5 Discussion topics and problems
- 6 Stringed Instruments
- 6.1 History of stringed instruments
- 6.2 Summary of key properties
- 6.3 Description of operation-Source, Medium and Interface
- 6.4 Unique characteristics of stringed instruments
- 6.5 Discussion topics and problems
- 7 Woodwind Instruments
- 7.1 History of woodwind instruments
- 7.2 Summary of key properties
- 7.3 Description of operation-Source, Medium and Interface
- 7.4 Unique characteristics of woodwind instruments
- 7.5 Discussion topics and problems
- 8 Percussion
- 8.1 History of percussion instruments
- 8.2 Summary of key properties
- 8.3 Description of operation-Source, Medium and Interface
- 8.4 Unique characteristics of percussion instruments
- 8.5 Discussion topics and problems
- 9 Voice
- 9.1 Summary of key properties
- 9.2 Description of operation-Source, Medium and Interface
- 9.3 Unique characteristics of voices
- 9.4 Discussion topics and problems
- 10 Electronic Instruments
- 10.1 History of electronic instruments
- 10.2 Summary of key properties
- 10.3 Description of operation-Source, Medium and Interface
- 10.4 Unique characteristics of electronic instruments
- 10.5 Discussion topics and problems
- 11 Room and Venue Acoustics
- 11.1 Appropriate characteristics for room acoustics
- 11.2 Interference and Di_raction of Sound
- 11.3 Calculation of Reverberation Time and Sound Travel
- 12 Connecting the Concepts
- 12.1 Orchestration
- 12.2 Musical Interpretation
- 12.3 Connecting Project Ideas